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In July 1976, following their 5-year restoration of the historic watermill, Cumbria County Council opened the doors for all to appreciate and enjoy.

We want to celebrate this and help to ensure another 50 years for our unique mill.

We are marking this anniversary and celebrating our watermill with…

Choral and Floral gathering in Eskdale Mill’s grounds

Eskdale Mill & Heritage Trust held the official opening event of their restored garden and meadow areas at Eskdale Mill on Thursday 22nd May.

After sustained dedicated work in the grounds by the Mill Manager and the volunteer team plus local…

We were very pleased to welcome the ‘Countrystride’ podcast team to the mill in March.

Mark Richards and Dave Felton visited the mill for the day to find out more about the mill workings, its history and its unique offer for visitors.

They approached our Mill Manager, Kate Hughes for the production of no….

Today marks the start of a new visitor season and the end of our winter maintenance period and Tentergarth Restoration Project.

Since December, Kate and the volunteers have been getting stuck in with maintenance tasks around the small mill complex alongside completing project activities within our meadow area.

Tasks have involved completing the lime mortaring…

15th October 2023 Hallo!

That’s another visitor season nearly over with autumn well and truly here now in Boot village. The acorns and leaves from the majestic Oak tree that has stood overlooking the mill for centuries, have started to fall onto the pathways, millraces and sluices below. This is a time for regular drainage…

Our latest project in the historic meadow behind the miller’s cottage is now into its last 6 months of its restoration process and we are making good progress.

Since May 2022, the mill team have been busy bringing the overgrown meadow back into management. This is so that the meadow flowers underneath the previous thick…

Sunday 8th May, during our National Mill’s Weekend celebrations, saw the launch of our new meadow restoration project. Twenty nine volunteers, including family groups took part in our historic ‘Tentergarth’ meadow plant survey.

Thanks to our local funders, we’ve now been able to continue our volunteer work programme, provide community events and reclaim our overgrown…

Community tree planting event Saturday 19th March, 1-4 PM.

We had over 35 lovely people join us for our hedge tree planting community event on Saturday. There were people of all ages and backgrounds who took part; locals and visitors to the area.

This took place on a perfect sunny day which also…

Eskdale Mill in Boot is the last remaining working water powered corn mill in the Lake District National Park and has developed into a superb visitor attraction (with award-winning exhibitions) in the last couple of years. It makes a valuable contribution to tourism and provides volunteer opportunities in the valley. Visitor feedback has consistently been…

See our article below as featured in local and museum news in November 2021:

Eskdale Mill & Heritage Trust has won a prestigious Engaging People Award from the Association for Heritage Interpretation for Eskdale Mill.

Taking top prize in the Indoors category, Eskdale Mill & Heritage Trust worked with Minerva Heritage Ltd to support…